The Hamilton Education Program Online (#EduHamOnline) will launch a pilot program this fall with 76 participating schools from across the country. Middle school students will have access to the education program for the first time. They will join high school students who will engage in a custom-designed education program that integrates the study of American history with the performing arts.

You don't have to be a teacher to make a #mygli25 video, but it can't hurt. Simply record and post up to a 30-second video on Twitter, Facebook, or Instagram using the hashtag #MyGLI25 and we’ll do the rest.  Enjoy the latest posts from educators around the country celebrating 25 years with the Gilder Lehrman Institute!

June 16–22

Professor Robert Bonner, Professor of History, Department Chair, and Kathe Tappe Vernon Professor in Biography at Dartmouth College, offers unique perspectives on the Civil War—the perspectives of men and women who participated in the conflict.

In 2018 Professor Daina Ramey Berry was one of four finalists for the Frederick Douglass Book Prize for The Price for Their Pound of Flesh: The Value of the Enslave

<p>Today, the many ways Americans can easily voice our political opinions can make it hard to imagine a time when there were no such instantaneous options. Signing an online petition, posting an article to Facebook, or sharing a hashtag on Twitter can be done anywhere and in a matter of seconds. However, in decades past, Americans found other efficient and powerful means of communicating their opinions, not too different from the methods we use today.</p>